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We're really, really thankful you're here with us, walking this journey. (Yeah, we know it's not Thanksgiving yet, but a little gratitude never hurt nobody!) It's always nice to get some blog love, so if you're still reading this (and we hope you are; we're only three sentences deep!), drop us a line and say hi! Okay, but really, comment below and say hi...

You might remember Cierra and Dan from our beautiful snowy elopement shoot a couple winters ago, and when they hired us to plan and design their HUGE wedding, we were more than ecstatic! You see, Cierra and Dan have faced some incredible trauma in their lives and are so much stronger together, and we felt honored to be a part of something so special for them and their families.

We hope you're singing Chris Brown's "These Hoes Ain't Loyal" right now! That's goal one of two for this post. Goal two, well for that you'll have to keep reading.

It's very common to have disagreements about the way someone is running their business, and that's okay, but how do you handle those disagreements when they could directly effect you and your business? Perhaps you're working with someone on a wedding, or a styled shoot, or you're partnering on a workshop or event. How can you turn those disagreements into positive forms of communication that help provide resolve, when you could so easily be resentful or overbearing?

In our industry it seems like everyone has the title "educator" after their name, and while that's all fine and dandy, we think it's important to take a look at someone whom you're seeking professional and creative advice from in a full circle approach.

It's easy to add a few letters after your name (e-d-u-c-a-t-o-r), but what makes you someone worthy of providing advice or value to someone else's business or creative journey? Well, so often we hear people cutting down others saying "They shouldn't be teaching!" or "They shouldn't be putting on a workshop!" or "They shouldn't be selling that template in their shop!"

I'm sure you've heard of Christmas in July, right? Well we do it BIG around here. If you wanna read the story of how Christmas in July came to be, click here, but otherwise, I'm moving on and showing off how beautiful it turned out. Cam and I are celebrating 12 years this month, and this is the PERFECT time to reflect on joyous memories, and we are grateful for the friends and family in our life who come alongside us to celebrate and create a memory together. Lucky, yup, that's what we are.

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Ever get frustrated? Well that was us. We wanted to style this beautiful wedding invitation suite, but we just couldn't get it. Then, a couple people starting standing around watching and the pressure was on. Talk about stress.
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Okay, but in all seriousness, what stresses you out? We talk about our last month on the blog today and we get vulnerable for a minute. Having two family members facing medical issues is not easy, but we have each other and tons of incredible memories--more than most people get in a lifetime.

Holy shit! In just over a month we head to Palm Springs to shoot for @apostropheandco with two badass boss babes, @samanthamcfarlen and @roguestyling and we. are. so. excited. Like. So. Excited.

This is what our weekend looked like. How about yours?
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We celebrated Ashley's mom on Friday with a dinner party as she retired from being the office manager at our local dental practice. Between the drinks and the tears and the company, it was such a great night.
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Shoutout to the vendors who made it possible: @uniquechicrentals and @grandeventrentals.